JUST IN: SDP Defeats APC Chair, Adamu, In Nasarawa Senatorial Race

• APC Chair, Adamu has lost the Nasarawa senatorial seat to SDP in the 2023 Elections.

• The APC also lost the Keffi/Kokona/Karu seat to the Social Democratic Party, with Gaza Gwefwi.

• In the House of Representatives elections, the SDP polled 60,265 votes, the APC 28,417 votes, the LP 29,655 votes, and the PDP 33,180 votes.

EKO HOT BLOG reports that the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Abdullahi Adamu has lost the party’s senatorial seat in the Nasarawa western zone to the candidate of the Social Democratic Party, Ahmed Wadada.

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Prof Nasiruddeen Baba, INEC returning officer for Nasarawa West Senatorial District, while declaring the winner at the zonal collation centre in Keffi said the SDP candidate polled 96,488 votes, while APC got 47,717 votes, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) 46,820 and the Labour Party (LP) 33,228.

The APC also lost the Keffi/Kokona/Karu seat to the Social Democratic Party, with Gaza Gwefwi retaining the seat.

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The SDP polled 60,265 votes, APC 28,417 votes, LP 29655 and the PDP 33,180 for the House of Representatives elections.

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